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by kijin 1236 days ago
English speakers also often drop the "good" in "good morning" and "good night", reducing the phrase to a single noun that refers roughly to the current time.
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>English speakers also often drop the "good" in "good morning" and "good night", reducing the phrase to a single noun that refers roughly to the current time.

If I'm at work, I usually prefer to say "morning" without the "good": if it were a good morning, I wouldn't be at work...